Hingis vs. Cho (Tokyo)

Not a bad start. Never heard of her opponent but she's ranked 60 in the world. If Hingis had a better serve, I'd easily make a bet that she'd climb into the top 5 and eventually to #1. Her return game is that good.

If Hingis had a better serve, I'd easily make a bet that she'd climb into the top 5 and eventually to #1.

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She made it to the Quarters of the AO, and pushed the No.1 player (Clijsters turned No.1 the next week) to three competitive sets. Dementieva isn't held back by her serve, and it isn't as well placed as Hingis's. Players are not jumping all over it like people were predicting before she started this year. There has NOT been great advancement to the womens game since Hingis's time. Sure, some of the players can bash baseline-to-baseline a little harder, but is thats not a major advancement.

What more does she need to accomplish before this is not seen as such a detriment?

While I like Natalie Dechy's game a lot (she took Davenport to 3 sets at last year's AO semifinal), she'll have to play very well to have a hope against Hingis. Martina's ability to think and adapt her game during a match is unrivalled in women's tennis.

There aren't many great returners in the women's game, so Hingis' serve should not keep her out of the top 10 or top 5. But I'm just saying that it would be MUCH easier for her if she had a bigger serve. She breaks serve so easily but she tends to get broken right back.

hingis did look great at the AO, but against clijsters it looked like she just didn't have the power to do much. i feel maybe she either just needs more match time to get used to it, or get her feet moving more,,, well both,,, i mean she can't hit harder, or she can ruin her game...

this is a great result for her.
the only girls she can presently have problems with are the very top ones.

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Yes, Dechy is a solid win.
I wasn't really that impressed with the love and love thrashing of Margaret Cho. I beat her by the same score and I'm not that good. I met her on the west coast club circuit in the early nineties. Pretty funny on a good night. Good timing. No defensive skills whatsoever.